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Research: Trusting science makes Americans vulnerable to pseudoscience

Research: Trusting science makes Americans vulnerable to pseudoscience

People who trust science are more likely to believe and share pseudoscience — misinformation that makes references to science, a study finds.

Keywords:: science, pseudo-science, research methods, misinformation, ICT literacy

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Academic Support Services / ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Literacy / Subject-specific ICT Literacy

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Material Type:: Open (Access) Journal-Article
Date Added to MERLOT:: March 11, 2025
Date Modified in MERLOT:: March 13, 2025
Author:: Denise-Marie Ordway, The Journalist's Resource
Submitter:: Lesley Farmer

Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
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Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

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